Lethal fighting between honeybee queens and parasitic workers (Apis mellifera)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 378-381

  Moritz, Robin F A ^a,b   Pflugfelder, Jochen ^c   Crewe, Robin M ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PHEROMONE;

FIGHTING; HONEYBEE; MORTALITY; QUEEN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIGHTING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEYBEE; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; REPRODUCTION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEES; FEMALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; APIDAE; APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 0141630684     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-003-0445-0     Document Type: Article

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